Low St. Lawrence Island Walrus Harvest Spurs Disaster Declaration

Governor Sean Parnell declared an economic disaster for residents on St. Lawrence Island Thursday. An unusually low walrus harvest is currently impacting the more than 1,300 residents that make the island home.

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Laureli Kinneen is a reporter at KNOM in Nome.

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